Red Velvet-Peppermint Swirl Brownies

Red Velvet-Peppermint Swirl Brownies taste as good as they look. These showstopping brownies are moist, tasty, and swirling with color.

Ingredients

1 (4-oz.) bittersweet chocolate baking bar, chopped

3/4 cup butter

2 1/4 cups sugar, divided

4 large eggs

1 (1-oz.) bottle red liquid food coloring

1/4 teaspoon peppermint extract

2 teaspoons vanilla extract, divided

1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

1/8 teaspoon salt

1/2 (8-oz.) package cream cheese, softened

2 egg whites

2 tablespoons all-purpose flour

How to Make It

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350°. Line bottom and sides of a 13- x 9-inch pan with aluminum foil, allowing 2 to 3 inches to extend over sides; lightly grease foil.

Step 2

Microwave chocolate and butter in a large microwave-safe bowl at HIGH 1 1/2 to 2 minutes or until melted and smooth, stirring at 30-second intervals. Whisk in 2 cups sugar. Add eggs, 1 at a time, whisking just until blended after each addition. Add food coloring, peppermint extract, and 1 tsp. vanilla. Gently stir in 1 1/2 cups flour and 1/8 tsp. salt. Pour batter into prepared pan.

Bake at 350° for 30 to 32 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out with a few moist crumbs. Cool completely in pan on a wire rack (about 1 hour). Lift brownies from pan, using foil sides as handles. Gently remove foil; cut brownies into squares.